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- Title
Clase social, desigualdades en salud y conductas relacionadas con la salud de la población trabajadora en Chile.
- Authors
Bones Rocha, Kátia; Muntaner, Carles; González Rodríguez, María José; Bernales Baksai, Pamela; Vallebuona, Clelia; Borrell, Carme; Solar, Orielle
- Abstract
Objective. To analyze links between social class and health-related indicators and behaviors in Chilean workers, from a neo-Marxian perspective. Methods. A cross-sectional study based on the First National Survey on Employment, Work, Health, and Quality of Life of Workers in Chile, done in 2009-2010 (n = 9 503). Dependent variables were self-perceived health status and mental health, examined using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12). Health-related behavior variables included tobacco use and physical activity. The independent variable was neo- Marxian social class. Descriptive analyses of prevalence were performed and odds ratio (OR) models and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were estimated. Results. Medium employers (between 2 and 10 employees) reported a lower prevalence of poor health (21.6% [OR 0.68; 95%CI 0.46-0.99]). Unskilled managers had the lowest mental health risk (OR 0.43; 95%CI 0.21-0.88), with differences between men and women. Large employers (more than 10 employees) reported smoking the least, while large employers, expert supervisors, and semi-skilled workers engaged in significantly more physical activity. Conclusions. Large employers and expert managers have the best health-related indicators and behaviors. Formal proletarians, informal proletarians, and unskilled supervisors, however, have the worst general health indicators, confirming that social class is a key determinant in the generation of population health inequalities.
- Subjects
CHILE; BUSINESS; CONCEPTUAL structures; CONFIDENCE intervals; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH behavior; HEALTH services accessibility; HEALTH status indicators; INDUSTRIAL hygiene; PHILOSOPHY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL classes; DATA analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Pan American Journal of Public Health / Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 5, p340
- ISSN
1020-4989
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/S1020-49892013000500005